Hilltopper

Interesting tidbits from the article. "The athletics department will receive $22.3 million from the main operating budget over the next year, which is $500,000 less in general fund support compared with the past 12 months. It also must absorb roughly $200,000 in costs associated with its employees receiving the 2% salary increase." How the reductions could impact the department isn’t yet known. Villers said if the department generates more revenue from ticket sales, game guarantees or other external sources, then the impact would be minimal. "Funding for the athletics department has been a source of contention, particularly among faculty members who have pushed back on cuts to academics before reductions were made to athletics. The recent state performance audit also highlighted the athletics department as an area where the university should focus on reducing expenses and increasing revenue to reduce the department’s overreliance on the main operating budget. The university has hired Huron Consulting Group to help develop a specific strategic plan for the department."

Not sure where you got your info but other than Gobert and McDaniels the rest of the PF and C players are a bunch of youngsters and journeyman types.

http://Central-Hower High School to be sold to Quaker Square owners https://share.google/Fiz4LTtcg6hsWnXSG

75% of the D-1 conferences voted no.

No split season for soccer. https://www.ncaa.org/news/2026/6/24/media-center-di-cabinet-remands-two-semester-mens-soccer-proposal-to-oversight-committee-for-further-review.aspx

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This part. The university has hired Huron Consulting Group to help develop a specific strategic plan for the athletics department.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/education/2026/05/14/university-of-akron-president-rj-nemer-future-plans/89729820007/ D3 here we come! Athletic facilities Nemer’s campus tour included a drive by the university’s athletic facilities that serve more than 500 student-athletes and spirit teams. Athletics – and the cost to operate them – will be a major focus as Nemer moves into his third year. The recent state performance audit found the university’s already struggling main operating fund covered a $24 million deficit for the athletic department two years ago, which was more than twice the average subsidy of $11.7 million at other Ohio Mid-American Conference schools. Roughly 15% of the $22 million in reductions the university’s board of trustees approved for this academic year were to come from the athletic department, according to the audit. The university has hired Huron Consulting Group to help develop a specific strategic plan for the athletics department. Nemer has pledged to raise athletic revenues and donor support as well as reduce the department's costs. But he said the reductions will not destroy what he calls a powerful brand engine that raises the university’s visibility and brings students, alumni and fans together. Bisconti said the faculty still has had “some ups and downs” with Nemer. She hopes he will continue to engage with campus leaders through the shared governance framework and continue to improve communication with faculty, which has been an issue with nearly every president. Faculty is also waiting to see how Nemer will address the university’s athletic spending, a primary source of frustration as more than 100 faculty positions have been reduced since 2020. “We’ve been hearing about cuts to athletics or increases in their revenue sharing for 20 years and have yet to see it,” she said.

He was uncoachable. They gave him plenty of rope at the beginning of the season.

I was on a Caribbean cruise last week. There was a large group of passengers at the pool one day who were wearing outfits that had both the US and Canadian flags intertwined. Everyone at the pool ended up loudly singing both countries national anthem. It was a fun afternoon.

If we add another guy, it will be 4.0 guy.

You guys are way to hung up on traditional positional definitions of who is on the court.

It looks like he suffered a leg injury his freshman year early on and barely played. It required off-season surgery and he attempted to play last year but never found his groove.

Colin White transferring to Akron after two years at Ohio State https://share.google/D6Lid1JKUMvOzJIcP

This is correct. One outing that benefitted all sports.